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What's the best way of keeping a PGP private key file generated by GnuPG?

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Mar 15, 202614034 views
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What's the best way of keeping a PGP private key file generated by GnuPG? I will just store my public key online, in Gmail, on many of my computers. Where/how best to protect and store the private key file?

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TL;DR a flash drive or a CD in a safe place. Seeing as this is a security question, I would be very hesitant to entrust my private key to Google or any other major cloud service. Call me paranoid, but your PGP key is your signature. I hate to remind…

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